March 2026 Mobile Home Park Investing Newsletter

There are around 44,000 mobile home parks in the U.S. yet only around 4,000 of these are owned by larger players – the most fragmented of any real estate sector. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the reasons why the “trailer park” industry has still not consolidated.

For years, manufactured housing has had to fight an image problem that had very little to do with the product itself and everything to do with public perception. That is why the tiny home trend matters. It did not suddenly change park revenues, and it did not rewrite the fundamentals of the business, but it helped make smaller, efficient housing feel more acceptable to a wider audience. For investors, that shift is worth paying attention to because perception often affects demand long before it shows up clearly in numbers.

There’s no better way to learn about the mobile home park business than talking to real owners about how they got into the industry, where they find and finance their properties, and their lessons learned. And we explore all that and more on this discussion with Miles Noland from Treeside Capital. He and his partner went to the Mobile Home Park Investor’s Boot Camp around 2020 and have now purchased over 1,000 lots – quite an accomplishment considering all that happened during that time, including the eviction moratorium and the eleven straight interest rate hikes by Jerome Powell and the Fed.

In virtually every sector of real estate, a big focus of due diligence is market occupancy – except for mobile home parks. Why is that? In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore the unique reasons that the occupancy of other parks is not always an accurate indication of demand and, for most buyers, is mostly ignored.

America is in an unusual place right now with jobs – and entire industries – disappearing overnight. Against this backdrop of instability comes the necessity of having a hedge, something you can depend on if the unthinkable happens and you lose your primary income source. And when it comes to a second stream of income, nothing fills this role better than a mobile home park.

Buying a used mobile home is supposed to be a positive step to fill a vacant lot. But sometimes it can rapidly spiral into a nightmare scenario. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review what can go wrong with a used home purchase as well as how to proactively guard against those issues.

The exterior color of homes in a mobile home park may seem minor, but it shapes how the entire property is perceived. Over the past three decades, I’ve seen owners spend heavily on infrastructure while ignoring one of the simplest visual tools they have: paint. Used well, it improves curb appeal, helps older homes feel more current, and makes the community feel more like a neighborhood.

Every park owner wants their residents to feel secure. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to explore options to enhance your park’s safety as well as concepts that have proven to be more of a disadvantage than a benefit.

Sure, capitalism is under attack in America today, but not having enough to pay for your retirement is a lot more serious than being politically correct. The amount you have to save in America for retirement is completely unrealistic. Experts claim that amount to be $1.6 million yet only 5% of households have even half that amount saved. But that doesn't mean you can't fix this situation immediately if you take action. Mobile home parks can fully fund your retirement if you use proper strategy and science in analyzing your options.

Maybe you came into a windfall and want to invest a little more money than you budgeted. Or perhaps you want to test an extra enhancement to help your park break through to a new level. In this Mobile Home Park Mastery podcast we’re going to review things you can do to get that extra edge – if you’re willing to pay for it – and some concepts that are always a waste of money.